Adolphus davis



(No Model.) 2 Sheets8heet'1.

A. DAVIS. Sleeping Car.

Patented Apr'il 26, 18.8

N. PEIERS. PliOTO-LITHOGRAPHFB, WASHINGTOM D C (No Model.) 2 Sheets+8heet .2.

A. DAVIS.

SleepingOar, v I No. 240 6711 Patented Apri| 26,l88l

N. PETERS. PHOTO-LIYHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT GEF C ADOLPHUS DAVIS, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

SLEEPING-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,671, dated April 26, 1881.

Application filed January 14,1881. (No model.)

To all. whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADoLPHUs DAVIS, of the city of Montreal, in the district of Montreal andProvince of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improved Fittings for Combined Sleeping and Drawing-Room Cars; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention is specially applicable to the cars for which Letters Patent N 0. 181,857 were granted to Gustave Leve, in which vertical cupboards swing out to carry the berth-frames, or are shut in against and form part of the sides of the cars; and it consists in an improved construction of the cupboard-frames, their supports, and the means by which they are held in place, the supports for the berths, and also for the chairs, which are used when the car is converted into a drawing-room car.

For full comprehension of the invention reference must be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a horizontal section of one of the cupboards or frames; Fig. 2, a part inside view; Fig. 3, a part of a cupboard-front, and Fig. 4. a view showing berths in place. Fig. 5 shows details of brackets carrying cupboards and means for securing same in place; Fig. 6, details of outside brackets, and Fig. 7 those on the inside for carrying the berth-frames. Fig. Sis a sectional elevation of chair-support; Fig. 9, a plan view of socket of same; Fig. 10, an end view, and Fig.11 a planet chair-seat.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A is the cupboard-front, the lower part being preferably formed of a light casting perforated as at a, A A being the cupboard-sides, carried on the brackets B B, which are usually of the same height as the lower part of the cup board-front. By this arrangement the heat from the steam-pipes is diffused equally from the sides all over thecar. In these brackets are formed bearings for wheels I), on which the whole cupboard runs.

0 are the hinges by which these cupboards are secured to the walls of the cars, and, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, clipping the end of a band of metal, D, passing right round the inside at the level of the berth-frames.

E are the berthsupports on the outside of the cupboard, and Fthose on the inside, (shown respectively in Figs. 6 and 7,) these being secured to or made in one with plates E and F, bolted to each other through A; and e and f are the pins upon which the berth frames, suitably arranged for the purpose, rest, In addition to this, the support E has a hook, F for bats, 850., formed on its lower side, and on its upper preferably aring, E through which passes a rod, E, as shown in Figs. 3 and 6. The combinedhook and berth-support just described will be found very convenient, as it affords means for hanging up clothes, not only when the car is arranged as a parlor-car, but for the occupant of each berth when the beds are made up for the night and within the berth itself.

G G are the bolts which secure in place the cupboards A A either when swung out to carry the berths or when turned in against the sides of the car. These slide up and down. in sleeves H, secured to brackets B, and in which are formed two openings, h h, to receive the looking end G of a bent lever, G pivoted, as shown, to G in a slot, 9, formed therein.

To raise the bolt from the position shown in Fig. 5 (viz., from the socket I, formed in the floor of the car) all that is needed is, first, to cant the handle G upward, so as to release the lockin g end G2 from the slot h, and then to'raise the bolt till the end Gr comes opposite to and fallsvin the opening h, thus in either position locking the bolt firmly in place and preventing shaking or rattling.

The construction of the chair-supports may be thus described.

K is a deep rabbeted socket secured to the floor of the car, (any number of these being placed where desired,) either countersunk so as to be flush with the surface or otherwise arranged so as to give no inconvenience. Its lower part is preferably, as shown at K, formed with a thread, in which works the screwed end l of a spindle, L, with handle L and shoulder L formed on it.

N is an inner socket resting, when in place, on the shoulder K of the socket K, and with its flange N just clear of the upper surface, so as to prevent friction. To this is secured, in

' any usual and suitable way, the spring-support 0, (shown in Fig. 8, perforated, as shown at O, to allow the spindle to pass through it, and having secured to its upper end the frame 1?, on which is slipped the framing Q, of a chairseat of some such construction as that shown, and secured in place by a spring or other suitable device.

In many cases the screw-thread Z, cut 011 the end of the spindle L, and correspondingthread K, in the socket K, may be omitted, the spindle simply dropped into place holding the chair with sufficient security and being more easily removed.

By this arrangement and construction of chair-supports a combined revolving and rocking chair is produced, (the chair proper is also capable of being adapted for a reclining position,) the spring 0 and socket N revolving freely in the socket K and being securely held in place by the spindle L, by the removal of which the chair and support can be at once detached from the floor, the former being stowed away in any convenient compartmentfor the purpose, or underneath the berths, and the supports and spindles detached and secured to the cupboards A under the bed-frames, as shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, I beg to state that what I claim is as follows:

1. The combination, with the cupboards A, constructed as described, of the brackets B, sleeve H, and bolt Gr, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The device E, as made with a plate, E, clothes-hook and berth-holding pin 0, arranged on the cupboard A so that while supporting the berth it shall be inside the same, as and for the purposes set forth.

8. The combination, with the swinging cupboards A, of the bolt G, working in sleeve H, raised and lowered and locked in either position in the same by means of handle G, all substantially as herein set forth, and for the purposes described.

4. In a drawing-room-car chair, a revolving rocking support consisting of a curved spring carrying on its upper end a frame, and bolted at its lower end to an eye or socket resting in a seat formed in the floor and secured therein by a loose pin or spindle, all substantially as herein described, and for the purposes set forth.

ADOLP HUS DAVIS.

Witnesses:

J NO. B. PLOUFFE, R. ARTHUR KELLOND. 

